“Gettysburg of the West”

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“Gettysburg of the West” is a nickname for the Battle of Chickamauga, a major and bloody Civil War engagement in the Western Theater.

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Gettysburg of the West 2
“Gettysburg of the West” canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle nickname ⓘ
appliedEra 19th century American history ⓘ
appliedToConflict American Civil War ⓘ
appliedToTheater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
associatedCampaign Chickamauga Campaign ⓘ
associatedCommander Braxton Bragg ⓘ
George H. Thomas ⓘ
James Longstreet ⓘ
William Rosecrans ⓘ
associatedEventDate September 18–20, 1863 ⓘ
associatedOutcome Confederate tactical victory ⓘ
Union strategic recovery at Chattanooga ⓘ
associatedPlace Chickamauga Creek ⓘ
northwestern Georgia ⓘ
associatedWith heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War ⓘ
associatedWithSide Confederate Army of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Army of Tennessee

Union Army of the Cumberland ⓘ
comparedTo Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
comparisonAspect bloodiest battle in its theater ⓘ
strategic importance ⓘ
turning point potential ⓘ
hasPartOfName Gettysburg ⓘ
West ⓘ
language English ⓘ
nicknameFor Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
reasonForNickname decisive nature of the battle ⓘ
high casualty numbers ⓘ
large scale of engagement ⓘ
refersTo Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
subjectOf Civil War battlefield studies ⓘ
battlefield tourism guides ⓘ
popular history articles ⓘ
usedBy Civil War writers ⓘ
historians ⓘ
tourism literature ⓘ
usedIn Civil War historiography ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Chickamauga → nickname → “Gettysburg of the West” ⓘ
Battle of Glorieta Pass → alsoKnownAs → Gettysburg of the West ⓘ
linked to: “Gettysburg of the West”
Battle of Glorieta Pass → nicknamed → Gettysburg of the West ⓘ
linked to: “Gettysburg of the West”